48 Hours to Save Democracy in Wisconsin!

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Democracy and clean government in Wisconsin are on the chopping block on Friday when the state Senate convenes in an extraordinary session to take up two bills that could drive a stake through the heart of good government in Wisconsin. The bills have already passed in the Assembly.
48 Hours to Save Democracy in Wisconsin!

November 4, 2015

Dear Fellow Wisconsinites,

AB 388/SB 294, which smashes to bits our independent Government Accountability Board and replaces it with two partisan commissions, which is a recipe for more corruption. The GAB was just doing its job, and it’s a model for the country, according to a leading scholar of clean government.

AB 387/SB 292, which rewrites our campaign finance laws so that the wealthy and corporations can have more influence than ever. It doubles campaign contribution limits to candidates, and it allows unlimited donations to political parties and party committees. Worse still, it allows unlimited dark money donations to so-called independent groups, which can coordinate with the candidates themselves. And it gets rid of the requirement that donors to candidates have to identify their employer, further hiding the influence peddlers.

The fate of these two proposals hangs in the balance in the state senate. There are a handful of Republican state senators who have understandable misgivings about them.

It is absolutely vital that you contact their offices right now! And if you are one of their constituents, please identify yourself as such. It matters.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is working for a real democracy that allows the common good to prevail over narrow interests. We track the money in state politics and fight for campaign finance and other democracy reforms. WDC is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and charitable contributions supporting our work are fully tax deductible when you itemize.